Snakey osage bow rack

[OkKeith]

Clint... that looks fantastic!

I have a couple of Osage logs that are similar in diameter to what you used. We dug them up on one of the farms I hunt while I was helping the landowner replace fence. His story was that his grandfather built the original gate corners they came out of nearly 100 years ago. I sure hope that you believe that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery because I am going to copy your amazing idea.

Did you just use sandpaper to get that finish?

OkKeith

[scrub-buster]

Keith, I used a drawknife and a palm sander on it.  Let me know how yours turn out.

[J. Holden]

What a beautiful project.  It's a great idea as well.  Thank you for sharing!

-Jeremy

[Bisch]

Good work!!!

Bisch

[Cyclic-Rivers]

Wild looking chunk of osage.  You're rack looks great. Lol. Glad yer a dude or I'd be chastised these days.

[twitchstick]

Outstanding

[4runr]

Beautiful!!!

[doubleo]

Great job! Looks really cool!

[rainman]

Really Nice.

[Gdpolk]

Would you call that spalted

That's just cracking from it drying out.  Spalting is caused inside the wood from two or more fungal and/or bacterial colonies colliding and emmitting chemical barriers to protect their boundaries which stain the wood like analine dyes.  Also sometimes wormy woods can get debrit/wase in them which will suck through the tubules of the wood and create a staining very similar to spalting which is often confused with the chemical spalting from fungal/bacterial staining.

Beautiful bow rack!  I really like the character that the cracking adds.

[rastaman]

Beautiful bow rack sir!  You did good!

[RAU]

Nice Clint!

[Sockrsblur]

Amazing, well done!!!